BobBill
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I am dim. I have been using K- Wrattens for decades...acetate...now I want to buy a glass filter and cannot devine what the diff is between a Series V, VI, VIII etc is...I am certain it is size, as I have an VIII and it's diameter is wide.
Any pointers? Crazy...
Any pointers? Crazy...
Moto-Uno
Moto-Uno
You're correct, they are in reference to their outside diameter,bigger numbers,bigger diameters. Peter
BobBill
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Much thanks, and for rapid too...any lists...I suppose just go with gut and do the VI and VIII to cover 40.5 mm lens etc. I suppose they are so old, no one gives a rat's tail...thanks again.
BobBill
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I have been fixed...thanks all. I did not know about a comment on another thread...happy as can be...with Denverdad's response...and leaving if others have similar questions.
Originally Posted by Denverdad
I think series filters are the way to go here. In fact, accommodating a wide range of cameras without filter threads was pretty much the raison d'etre of the series concept to begin with! The idea is you get the right sized push-on adapter for each of your cameras, and then you can use all the drop-in filters available for the given series size, interchangeably among your cameras. There is a fair amount of flexibility in the system too since there are other items such as close-up lenses and lens hoods available, the filters are stackable, and there are also step-up adapters to go from Series V to VI, VI to VII, etc., should you have some larger or smaller-lensed cameras you want to accommodate.
For your particular list of cameras I am pretty sure that Series-VI filters and adapters are all that you will need. Although your Certo-Six apparently has its own filter thread, I imagine there is a press-on Series-VI adapter that will work too (you can measure the o.d. of the lens barrel to find which adapter will fit). If so you can avoid having to purchase a separate set of screw-on filters just for the one camera. An alternative adapter for this camera may be one of the threaded-to-series adapters that are available. For example, there is this Tiffen #602 adapter adapter which mates the Series-VI system to the camera's 40.5mm threads (unless I have that wrong and it goes the other way, in which case it may not be of use).
Originally Posted by Denverdad
I think series filters are the way to go here. In fact, accommodating a wide range of cameras without filter threads was pretty much the raison d'etre of the series concept to begin with! The idea is you get the right sized push-on adapter for each of your cameras, and then you can use all the drop-in filters available for the given series size, interchangeably among your cameras. There is a fair amount of flexibility in the system too since there are other items such as close-up lenses and lens hoods available, the filters are stackable, and there are also step-up adapters to go from Series V to VI, VI to VII, etc., should you have some larger or smaller-lensed cameras you want to accommodate.
For your particular list of cameras I am pretty sure that Series-VI filters and adapters are all that you will need. Although your Certo-Six apparently has its own filter thread, I imagine there is a press-on Series-VI adapter that will work too (you can measure the o.d. of the lens barrel to find which adapter will fit). If so you can avoid having to purchase a separate set of screw-on filters just for the one camera. An alternative adapter for this camera may be one of the threaded-to-series adapters that are available. For example, there is this Tiffen #602 adapter adapter which mates the Series-VI system to the camera's 40.5mm threads (unless I have that wrong and it goes the other way, in which case it may not be of use).
Dwig
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There's a more extensive list of sizes on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_filter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_filter